Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
(4) In section 14 of the Schedule (notice of works with plan to
be served on local authority and British Telecommunications)(a) in paragraph (a) of subsection (1)(i) for the words from " upon the " to " and the local
authority " there shall be substituted the words " upon
the local authority and any relevant telecommunications
operator " ; and
(ii) for the words from " by the " to " desire " there
shall be substituted the words " by the local authority or
that operator give the authority or that operator any such
further information as the authority or that operator
desires " ;
(b) in paragraph (b) of that subsection, for the words from the
beginning to " discretion " there shall be substituted the
words " the local authority or the relevant telecommunica.
tions operator may, in the discretion of the authority or that
operator " ;
(c) in paragraph (c) of that subsection, for the words from the
beginning to " approve ", in the first place where it occurs,
there shall be substituted the words " Where the local
authority or the relevant telecommunications operator
approves" and for the word "disapprove ", in the first
place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word
" disapproves " ;
(d) in paragraph (d) of that subsection, for the words from the
beginning to " fail " there shall be substituted the words " If
the local authority or the relevant telecommunications operator fails " and for the words " he or they " there shall be
substituted the words " the local authority or that operator "
{e) in paragraph (e) of that subsection, for the words from
" approved, by " to " authority " there shall be substituted
the words " approved by the local authority or the relevant
telecommunications operator " ;
{fl in paragraph (f) of that subsection, for the words from " compensation to " to " or they " there shall be substituted the
words " compensation to the local authority or the relevant
telecommunications operator for any loss or damage which
the authority or that operator " ;
=(g) after that subsection there shall be inserted the following
subsection:
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" (1A) In the application of this subsection to a street
or public bridge references to a relevant telecommunications operator are references to the operator of any telecommunications code system for the purposes of which
any telecommunication apparatus is kept installed in,
under, along or across that street or bridge.."; and
(h) in subsection (4), for the words from " telegraphic line " to
" being " there shall be substituted the words " telecommuni-
cation apparatus kept installed for the purposes of any telecommunications code system being ".
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